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If you choose to follow any links to the complete text of articles listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Rosie S. Hails Genetically Modified Plants – The Debate Continues. (... a review of the current and ongoing debate over the use of and benefits and risks of genetically modified [GM] plants--especially those intended as farm crops. Written from a British perspective, the article defines what constitutes an actual ecological risk and specifically looks at three types of genetically modified organisms [GMOs]--herbicide-resistant plants, insect or pest-resistant plants, and virus-resistant plants. The author states that, as modern agriculture has already considerably impacted the environment, any potential effects of GM crops should be considered in that context and not viewed in the context of a theoretically pristine environment--a rigorous scientific approach would be to compare any detrimental effects of a GM crop with those of the crop it is intended to replace. The author also states in the current heated debate, it is perhaps belief in the scientific method, above all else, that needs to be promoted and discussed--from the text of the article) Trends in Ecology & Evolution Volume 15, Number 1 (January 2000): 14-18. Lesley Hughes Biological Consequences of Global Warming: Is the Signal Already Apparent? (... a sobering review of studies--especially studies involving information collected over long periods of time--that show changes in plant physiology and growth and changes in [animal] species distributions and phenology [biological rhythms] in response to climate and atmospheric change and global warming. The author lists a number of cautions in interpreting the results of these studies and states these caveats mean that no single study can be interpreted as unequivocal evidence for human-induced change. Instead, the author writes, it is the increasing number of examples showing trends consistent with predictions based on theoretical models of human-induced climate and atmospheric change that is beginning to become convincing--from the text of the article; please see the extensive bibliography) Trends in Ecology & Evolution Volume 15, Number 2 (February 2000): 56-61. How to find the above journals, magazines, and other publications? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions about any or all of the above? Please let me know. |
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